Clinton jabs Scott, Rubio in Orlando campaign stop

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton made her fourth Florida campaign stop on Wednesday, and the former first lady had a wide range of topics on her mind as she addressed a crowd of supporters in Orlando.

Speaking to nearly 1,000 people at the Orange County Orlando Magic Recreation Center, she took swipes at Gov. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio, the latter of whom could be a general election foe in 2016.

Clinton has a 30-point lead over in-party rival Bernie Sanders in a new Quinnipiac University poll, while Rubio is second to Donald Trump among the Republicans. The poll suggests Clinton would defeat Trump, or any other Republican, in a general election duel.

Clinton took Scott to task for his failure to acknowledge climate change and blasted Scott, Rubio, and another GOP presidential candidate -- Ted Cruz -- for their stances on building domestic infrastructure.

"Now we have Republican candidates for president who want to slash what we spend by 80 percent," she said.

"Ted Cruz supported legislation to do that. Marco Rubio followed right along to slash funding, and people have said let the states do it. Do you really want to put your infrastructure in the hands of Rick Scott?"

Clinton also made an appeal for tougher gun laws, at nearly the exact moment as another mass shooting incident unfolded in California.

She was unaware of the San Bernardino shooting while she was on stage, but, ironically, she was calling for more comprehensive background checks to prevent firearms from falling into the wrong hands.

"It is time for us to say we're going to have comprehensive background checks," Clinton said. "We're going to close the gun show loophole. We're going to close the Charleston loophole and the immunity for the gun makers and sellers."